Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

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Dr. Brajesh Kumar

Joined Institute on : 9-Dec-2025

  • Assistant Professor
  • Electrical and Electronics Engg
  • Ph.D. in Control & Automation (IIT Patna), M.E. in Power Electronics (BIT Mesra, Ranchi), B.E. in EEE (Pt. RSU Raipur))
Contact Address

BII/3C, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Pragati Home, Rameshwar Nagar, Bhanpuri, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

  • Phone Office - 9993412399
  • Phone Residence - 9993412399
  • Email - brajesh27@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 3 Years

Research : 6 Years

Individual: 9 Years

Professional Background

[1] Lead Engineer at GE VERNOVA, Bangalore, Karnataka Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
     Key responsibilities:
      – Wind turbine basic and benchmark load case operability assessment.
      – Tower acceleration limits, Rotor imbalance compensation.
      – Drive train vibration analysis.
      – Robustness assessment.
[2] Shift Incharge (Sr. Engineer) at BPSL, Sambalpur, Odisha April 2012 – June 2014
[3] Engineer at PIL, Janjgir-Champa, C.G July 2009 – Feb. 2012
[4] Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) at SBPIL, Raipur, C.G. Sept. 2008 – June 2009
     Key responsibilities:
      – Attending O&M (Operations and Maintenance) activities involving MCC Panels, motors, VFDs, DC Drives (L&T), ACBs, PDB/LDB, and cabling.
      – Ensure adherence to safety standards while integrating them with organizational practices such as 5S, KAIZEN, and ISO.
      – Documentation: Diligently recording and maintaining comprehensive records of all maintenance activities and critical      equipment details for future reference.
      – Consult with the technical and management team to develop long-term plans and suggest improvements based on the  above information.

[5] Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Title: Analog and Mixed Signal Circuit design on Cadence Virtuoso. 2019 - 2021
     Ph,D. Supervisor: Dr. Y. K. Singh (IIT Patna)
     – Voltage-controlled Ring/LC oscillator (CMOS Technology).
     – Developed a low spur Ring oscillator-based cascaded Phase-locked loop.
     – Dual compensation charge-pump-based Type-II PLL with sampling loop filter.
[6] Project Title: Open and closed-loop speed control of separately excited DC-Motor. July-Dec. 2015
     M.E. Supervisor: Dr. S. K. Swain & Dr. N. Neogi (BIT Mesra, Ranchi)
     – Semi-converter for armature and Uncontrolled rectifier for field supply.
     – Generate gate pulse for SCR using a cosine firing circuit.
     – Designed a PI controller for closed-loop speed control using OP-AMP 741.

Research Areas

Linear and Nonlinear Control System

Autonomous Ground Vehicle

Magnectic Levitation (MagLev) System

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

 AOCS

Award and Honours

A. Fellowship:

1. GATE , Electrical Engineering, 2013 and 2014.

2. MHRD Fellowship for five years at IIT, Patna form Jan 2018 to December 2023 as PhD Scholar.

3. MHRD Fellowship for two years at BIT, Mesra, Ranchi from July-2014 to July-2016 as M-Tech Student through GATE-2014 in Electrical  Engineering.

Publications

Journal Publications

Year: 2025 (Jan-Dec)

[1] Brajesh Kumar, S. K. Swain, S. K. Mishra, B. Subudhi and Y. K. Singh, "Enhanced Position Tracking of Maglev Using Data-Driven Adaptive Control With Neural Network Disturbance Estimator," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 3133-3145, March-April 2026, DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2025.3601098, Indexing: SCIE, IF:- 4.5.

Year: 2024 (Jan-Dec)

[2] Brajesh Kumar, S. K. Swain, S. K. Mishra, Y. K. Singh, S. Ghosh, “Radial Basis Function-based Adaptive Gain Super-Twisting Controller for Magnetic Levitation System with Time-Varying External Disturbance”, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 9121-9132, Dec. 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TTE.2024.3354795, Indexing: SCIE, IF:- 8.3

Year: 2017 (Jan-Dec)

[3] Brajesh Kumar, S. K. Swain, N. Neogi, “Controller design for closed loop speed control of BLDC motor”, International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics,  volume 9, number 1, year 2017, DOI: 10.15676/ijeei.2017.9.1.10,  Indexing: Scopus, Impact Factor: 0.267.

Conference Publications

[1]  B. Kumar, S. K. Swain, S. K. Mishra, Y. K. Singh, “Artificial Neural Network-Based Sliding Mode Position Tracking Control for Maglev System,” IEEE 3rd International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), December 2023, KIIT, Bhubneshwar, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/STPEC59253.2023.10430849.

[2] R. Kumar, H. Garg, S. K. Dhiman and B. Kumar, "Micro-electronics cooling devices for heat extracting using nano Ferro fluid," IEEE International Conference on Vision Towards Emerging Trends in Communication and Networking (ViTECoN), 30-31 March 2019, VIT, Vellore, India, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ViTECoN.2019.8899578.

Member, Editorial Board

I have served as a verified peer reviewer for the following journals:-

  • IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification (TTE)
  • IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (TIA)
  • IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications (OJ-IA)
  • IEEE Sensor Journal